Cocoa butter can crystallize into six forms, but only one has the noble surface sheen, the crisp hardness, and melts pleasantly in the mouth

This year's GDCh-FG-Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology Prize 2010 is shared by Dr. A. Dreyer and Dr. M. Matzke

Key steps in new route to morphine include Suzuki-Miyaura coupling, intramolecular 1,6-addition and ozonolysis

Design and synthesis of rigid fluorophores could lead to novel dyes with extended planarity and higher quantum yields

Cancer inhibiting effects of 5-hydroxy PMFs make them promising cancer-preventive agents that can be added to food

The uni- or bimolecular nature of the Newman-Kwart rearrangement mechanism depends on your microwave

Calculating NMR spectra could help organic chemists identify stereoisomers, according to work by theoretical chemists

The 3rd EuCheMS Congress in Nuremberg was an impressive and lively event. ChemViews brings you the highlights

Christian Ebner from the group of Andreas Pfaltz, University of Basel, Switzerland, determines the selectivity of racemic catalyst mixtures by ESI-MS screening

Prof. Dr. Johann Mulzer, University of Vienna, Austria, will receive the 2010 Emil-Fischer-Medal next week